Month August 2021
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will start commercializing its delivery service, using contract workers, autonomous vehicles and even drones to deliver other retailers’ products directly to their customers’ homes as fast as just a few hours. The Bentonville,… Continue Reading →
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Kathy Hochul became the first female governor of New York on Tuesday, vowing to bring new energy and urgency to solving immense challenges as she took over an administration criticized for inaction during Andrew Cuomo’s distracted… Continue Reading →
Florida’s power struggle over wearing masks in school to guard against coronavirus infections landed Monday before a judge considering a lawsuit that challenges Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order reserving the mask… Read more » The post Florida School Mask Mandate Power… Continue Reading →
BERLIN (AP) — Seven people at a university in western Germany have received medical treatment after showing symptoms of poisoning, and prosecutors have opened an investigation into suspicions of attempted murder, authorities said Tuesday. The employees and students at the… Continue Reading →
Newly sworn-in Governor Kathy Hochul told the state’s congressional delegation that her administration would be forthcoming with information connected to nursing home deaths, the New York Post reported. Her predecessor,… Read more » The post Hochul Vows to Be ‘Transparent’… Continue Reading →
The U.S. military on Tuesday pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began. But deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering… Read more » The post Afghan Airlift Records Best Day… Continue Reading →
The New Jersey Treasury Department announced just moments ago that, after a review of fuel consumption statistics, the gas tax rate in the Garden State will decrease by 8.3 cents on October 1st, a stunning development after analysts predicted that… Continue Reading →
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Tuesday pulled off its biggest day of evacuation flights from Afghanistan since the operation began. But deadly violence that has blocked many desperate evacuees from entering Kabul’s airport persisted, and the Taliban signaled… Continue Reading →
Hours before leaving office, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday granted clemency to six people, including the driver in a fatal 1981 armored truck robbery whose release was championed… Read more » The post Cuomo Gives Clemency to Six,… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] Samuel Lowenthal, CPA, MBA, Tax Partner at Deloitte on the Many Benefits of an Accounting Career A Touro alum discusses his career journey—from Touro to becoming a partner at a Big 4 accounting firm, and offers important advice… Continue Reading →
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning that its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation” and… Read more » The post Harris Rebukes China in Speech… Continue Reading →
We regret to inform you of the petirah of Mrs Edith Lieberman, a longtime Boro Park resident who called Lakewood home in recent years. Mrs. Lieberman, the wife of R’ Yosef Lieberman, was a beloved teacher for many years at Yeshiva Yagdil… Continue Reading →
The United States could get COVID-19 under control by early next year, with potential wider vaccine approvals coming in the weeks ahead, Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday, one day… Read more » The post Fauci: With Full Vaccine Approval,… Continue Reading →
Seven Israeli public hospitals will switch to “Shabbos mode,” accepting only patients for life-saving treatment, beginning Wednesday, due to a persistent financial crisis, the Jerusalem Post reports. Yerushalayim’s Shaare Zedek… Read more » The post Seven Israelis Public Hospitals in… Continue Reading →
[COMMUNICATED] When you have nothing to lose, that’s when people are willing to take the wildest risks in life. But what about when you have everything to lose Rochel Hershkowitz is fifty years old. She’s married to a good man, has… Continue Reading →
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a revealing interview with two nurses from the Beilinson hospital in Petach Tikva, they describe their feelings and experiences during the current wave of COVID-19 which has swept through Israel, causing more than 200 deaths in… Continue Reading →
New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett plans to push for a new Iran strategy during his first White House visit, saying he will urge U.S. President Joe Biden not to revive… Read more » The post Bennett to Present Iran Plan… Continue Reading →
The IDF struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday after ten fires in southern Israel were sparked by incendiary balloons launched from the Strip on Monday evening. IDF fighter jets struck a terrorist tunnel in Jabaliya, a weapons… Continue Reading →
I received the following question from a teenage girl: “How could the Torah command a father to sell his daughter into slavery?” She was referring to the verse in Parshas Mishpatim (Shemos 21:7) which states: ז וְכִֽי־יִמְכֹּ֥ר אִ֛ישׁ אֶת־בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאָמָ֑ה… Continue Reading →
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Q: What is the halacha if one davened in a minyan in Elul with no shofar – must one seek another minyan or shul that has a shofar? Or is it just an obligation… Continue Reading →